You may get no response, but more likely, pointers to additional documentation.

Those who get angry responses either haven't done their homework, or who post a "it's broke, fix it for me" message. Sometimes these are combined.

If you're still scared, and want to try a kinder, gentler, more newbie-friendly mailing list that has a relatively large numbers of readers, try the openbsd-newbies list. It is unofficial, sign up for it at www.sfobug.org, the San Fransisco OpenBSD Users Group website.